Archive for January, 2008
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Gilbert got to celebrate his first Australia Day today! And, by celebrate, we mean: get dressed up and posed for silly shots. No lamingtons, meat pies or pavlovas have been consumed. No cricket watched. No shrimps placed on the barbie. Though I must confess that now I have a tremendous ...
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Another of Gilbert's recently discovered past-times is his practice of a move we refer to as "The Running Man". If he's just been changed and is on his back, or is in his bouncy chair, he might decide to rapidly flap his arms and kick his legs, smiling happily and ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Gilbert got to go to the IMSS clinic today to receive his 2 month vaccinations. IMSS is the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social, through which we receive health care as a benefit of my employment. Gilbert was given a rotavirus vaccine orally, and then three injections: hep b, ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Gilbert turned two months old yesterday. For his birthday, he'll be getting a bunch of vaccinations! Happy Birthday Gilly! You must be so excited!
As of last Saturday, he weighed 6.55 kilos and was 64 cms long.
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Gilbert went to Zentralia yesterday to blow a bit of Christmas cash. Apparently, babies love the mall! Or at least he did. He was quite happy with so many new things to gawk at and didn't seem at all bothered by the blaring music. Plus he ...
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Gilbert's Grandmom Margaret went shopping for a stroller when she was visiting Gilbert, but, after much walking around in the hot sun and searching at different stores, came up empty handed as there was only a broken display model of the one that she and Luke selected. Sears ordered ...
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
As mentioned in the other Christmas post, Gilbert wasn't the happiest of campers on Christmas morning. Here he is being jiggled around just enough to dissuade him from vocalising his opinions, though he's quite clearly not that thrilled with his lot. We didn't have time to conduct a scholarly experiment ...
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
We told you we'd slowly catch up, right? Jennie sorted through our Christmas shots and created a small Christmas Gallery.
Gilbert had a pretty rough start to Christmas day, with an unsettled stomach and general discomfort, so he got to spend plenty of time on the couch with Jennie, reclining on ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Gilbert went to visit Dr Venegas today for his second check up. He very much enjoyed the car ride there and back, as well as all the night time lights he got to gawk at. He measured in at 62.5 centimeters (24.6 inches) and weighed 6.4 kilos (14.10 ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Mr Snuffles sends his New Year's greetings to friends and family...or at least I'm certain he would if he weren't still recovering from last night. He spent New Year's Eve listening to the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's concert while wildly thrashing around in his baby gym. Apparently he ...
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